https://philipalm.com/writingEssays by Philip Alm on building AI agents.enhttps://philipalm.com/writing/why-a-good-assistant-goes-blind-to-youhttps://philipalm.com/writing/why-a-good-assistant-goes-blind-to-youSun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTA consequence of building an assistant that takes over your habits, and one I can't shake: the better it works, the less of you is left for it to see.https://philipalm.com/writing/a-shared-lesson-is-a-private-one-with-you-removedhttps://philipalm.com/writing/a-shared-lesson-is-a-private-one-with-you-removedSat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTMore thoughts on self-improving agents, built around one I can't put down: in a shared agent, making a lesson useful to everyone and stripping out whose it was are the same act.